8-letter words containing ah
- gedaliah — the governor of Judah after its conquest by Babylon. II Kings 25:22–26.
- go ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- go-ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- gomorrah — Also, Douay Bible, Gomorrha. an ancient city destroyed, with Sodom, because of its wickedness. Gen. 19:24, 25.
- goombahs — Plural form of goombah.
- habdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
- hadassah — a benevolent organization of Jewish women founded in New York City in 1912 by Henrietta Szold and concerned chiefly with bettering medical and educational facilities in Israel, forwarding Zionist activities in the U.S., and promoting world peace.
- haftarah — a portion of the Prophets that is chanted or read in the synagogue on the Sabbath and holy days immediately after the Parashah.
- haggadah — a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.
- halachah — Halakhah.
- halakhah — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
- hanukiah — a candelabrum having nine branches that is lit during the festival of Hanukkah
- hanukkah — a Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrated from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the 2nd of Tevet in commemoration of the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees following their victory over the Syrians under Antiochus IV, characterized chiefly by the lighting of the menorah on each night of the festival.
- haskalah — an 18th–19th-century movement among central and eastern European Jews, begun in Germany under the leadership of Moses Mendelssohn, designed to make Jews and Judaism more cosmopolitan in character by promoting knowledge of and contributions to the secular arts and sciences and encouraging adoption of the dress, customs, and language of the general population.
- hatikvah — the national anthem of Israel.
- havdalah — a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle.
- hepzibah — a female given name.
- hezekiah — a king of Judah of the 7th and 8th centuries b.c. II Kings 18.
- hurrahed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurrah.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- jahangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.
- jeremiah — a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
- judahite — a member of the tribe of Judah or of the kingdom of Judah.
- kabbalah — a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
- kachahri — (in India) a courthouse
- kalahari — a desert region in SW Africa, largely in Botswana. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
- kandahar — a city in S Afghanistan.
- kapparah — a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl.
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- kedushah — a liturgical prayer of varying form that is incorporated into the third blessing of the Amidah during the repetition of this prayer by the cantor.
- kehillah — the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
- khadijah — 554–619 ad, the first wife of the Prophet Mohammed, regarded as the first convert to Islam
- khalifah — Dated form of caliph.
- kia kaha — be strong!
- lahontan — Lake, an Ice Age lake in W Nevada and NE California, about 8600 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km): remnants include Carson Sink, Pyramid Lake.
- macahuba — a South American palm tree of the genus Acrocomia
- macmahon — Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice [ma-ree ed-mey pa-trees moh-rees] /maˈri ˈɛd meɪ paˈtris moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), Count de (Duke of Magenta) 1808–93, president of France 1873–79.
- madrasah — a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
- mah jong — a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
- mahadeva — a name of Shiva.
- mahallah — A subdivision or neighborhood in various Arabic-speaking countries.
- mahamaya — the mother of the Buddha.
- mahanadi — a river in central India, flowing N and E to the Bay of Bengal. 550 miles (885 km) long.
- maharaja — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
- maharani — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
- mahatmas — Plural form of mahatma.
- mahavira — Vardhamana.
- mahayana — the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.